Tornado Alley (PROG)

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So, Sweden is not yet a member of NATO and would no doubt look with apprehension on any breach of the Finnish border by the Russians.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/30/sweden-expects-turkey-to-approve-its-nato-membership-within-weeks.html#:~:text=Sweden%20sent%20a%20formal%20application,member%20nations%20Hungary%20and%20Turkey.

BRUSSELS — Sweden expects Turkey to approve its NATO membership “within weeks,” the country’s foreign affairs minister told CNBC after a months long impasse over Stockholm’s future within the alliance.

Sweden sent a formal application to join NATO back in May 2022, alongside Finland. The latter became an official member in April 2023, but Sweden has been kept waiting by member nations Hungary and Turkey.

Regardless, the Nordic Battlegroup sounds formidable

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Armed_Forces

Units of the Swedish Armed Forces are currently on deployment in several international operations either actively or as military observers, including Afghanistan as part of the Resolute Support Mission and in Kosovo (as part of Kosovo Force).[8] Moreover, Swedish Armed Forces contribute as the leading state for a European Union Battlegroup approximately once every three years through the Nordic Battlegroup. Sweden has close relations with NATO and NATO members, and participates in training exercises like the Admiral Pitka Recon Challenge, and Exercise Trident Juncture 2018. Sweden also has a strong cooperation with its closest allies of the Nordic countries being part of the Nordic Defence Cooperation and joint exercises such as Exercise Northern Wind 2019.[9]